03 Shopping around

Pupil's Book, Unit 3 page 31 1 Listen and repeat. 'If you want to walk to the shops, you don't need a €2, 000 bicycle. ' 'They need to sleep and play! ' 'Do l fancy buying one?' 'When you've finished eating the ice cream, you need to wash your cone. '

Pupil's Book, Unit 3 page 32 1 Listen and point to the things the children bought. 1 The last thing I bought was a cool second-hand pencil case. I got it from our school sale and it was a real bargain - it only cost £1, but it'd be £5 if it was new. The pencil case is an awesome colour and its colour's great. But - what I like the most - is that it'll stop my pencils and pens getting damaged. I love buying second-hand things - shopping is great when someone is selling what you want so cheaply. 2 I usually like shopping, but the last thing I bought was a bit of a disaster. I was with my dad and we saw a luxury watch for sale at the market near our house. It looked expensive but the price was actually very reasonable. We decided to get it for my brother for his birthday. But before we gave it to him, a bit of metal fell off it, and I had to glue it back on. Then the screen went completely blank and I couldn't turn it on anymore! We wanted to return it, but when we went back to the market the seller wasn't there! I was really disappointed about that. Next time, I think I'll spend my money at a shop I can trust. 3 The last thing I bought was a box of racing snails. I was walking home and I saw some racing snails for sale in the shop window. There was a sale on in the shop too so the price of the snails was reduced from $5 to $3. I thought they looked like they'd be really fun so I bought them straight away. When I got home, I played with them once but I didn't really like them. I think they were a waste of money really. I decided to take them back to the shop and exchange them for another toy, but worst of all, when I was packing them up, one of the snails fell on the floor and was damaged. That meant I couldn't return them - even though I had the receipt. Not planning what you buy can cause problems. I think I'll write a shopping list next time I go shopping. 4 The last thing I bought was a teapot made out of chocolate! I know what you're thinking -‘What a useless present! If you make tea using that teapot, it'll melt! ' But it's a gift for my sister. She's keen on learning about tea and she loves eating chocolate. I'm going to give it to her next week. I think she'll think it's really funny! And I think she'll eat it, not use it to make tea! 2 Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box. Listen and check. 1 The last thing I bought was a cool second-hand pencil case. I got it from our school sale and it was a real bargain - it only cost £1, but it'd be £5 if it was new. The pencil case is an awesome colour and its colour's great. But - what I like the most - is that it'll stop my pencils and pens getting damaged. I love buying second-hand things - shopping is great when someone is selling what you want so cheaply. 2 I usually like shopping, but the last thing I bought was a bit of a disaster. I was with my dad and we saw a luxury watch for sale at the market near our house. It looked expensive but the price was actually very reasonable. We decided to get it for my brother for his birthday. But before we gave it to him, a bit of metal fell off it, and I had to glue it back on. Then the screen went completely blank and I couldn't turn it on anymore! We wanted to return it, but when we went back to the market the seller wasn't there! I was really disappointed about that. Next time, I think I'll spend my money at a shop I can trust. 3 The last thing I bought was a box of racing snails. I was walking home and I saw some racing snails for sale in the shop window. There was a sale on in the shop too so the price of the snails was reduced from $5 to $3. I thought they looked like they'd be really fun so I bought them straight away. When I got home, I played with them once but I didn't really like them. I think they were a waste of money really. I decided to take them back to the shop and exchange them for another toy, but worst of all, when I was packing them up, one of the snails fell on the floor and was damaged. That meant I couldn't return them - even though I had the receipt. Not planning what you buy can cause problems. I think I'll write a shopping list next time I go shopping. 4 The last thing I bought was a teapot made out of chocolate! I know what you're thinking -‘What a useless present! If you make tea using that teapot, it'll melt! ' But it's a gift for my sister. She's keen on learning about tea and she loves eating chocolate. I'm going to give it to her next week. I think she'll think it's really funny! And I think she'll eat it, not use it to make tea! 3 Listen again. For each question, choose the correct answer. 1 The last thing I bought was a cool second-hand pencil case. I got it from our school sale and it was a real bargain - it only cost £1, but it'd be £5 if it was new. The pencil case is an awesome colour and its colour's great. But - what I like the most - is that it'll stop my pencils and pens getting damaged. I love buying second-hand things - shopping is great when someone is selling what you want so cheaply. 2 I usually like shopping, but the last thing I bought was a bit of a disaster. I was with my dad and we saw a luxury watch for sale at the market near our house. It looked expensive but the price was actually very reasonable. We decided to get it for my brother for his birthday. But before we gave it to him, a bit of metal fell off it, and I had to glue it back on. Then the screen went completely blank and I couldn't turn it on anymore! We wanted to return it, but when we went back to the market the seller wasn't there! I was really disappointed about that. Next time, I think I'll spend my money at a shop I can trust. 3 The last thing I bought was a box of racing snails. I was walking home and I saw some racing snails for sale in the shop window. There was a sale on in the shop too so the price of the snails was reduced from $5 to $3. I thought they looked like they'd be really fun so I bought them straight away. When I got home, I played with them once but I didn't really like them. I think they were a waste of money really. I decided to take them back to the shop and exchange them for another toy, but worst of all, when I was packing them up, one of the snails fell on the floor and was damaged. That meant I couldn't return them - even though I had the receipt. Not planning what you buy can cause problems. I think I'll write a shopping list next time I go shopping. 4 The last thing I bought was a teapot made out of chocolate! I know what you're thinking -‘What a useless present! If you make tea using that teapot, it'll melt! ' But it's a gift for my sister. She's keen on learning about tea and she loves eating chocolate. I'm going to give it to her next week. I think she'll think it's really funny! And I think she'll eat it, not use it to make tea!

Pupil's Book, Unit 3 page 34 Where's Wanda? One day Dad walked into my bedroom very excited. ‘Look at this, Tom, ' he said. ‘The new five-pound note! ' He put the new, clean note into my hand. ‘It might be valuable one day. Look at the serial number: 30111874. ’ I looked at it carefully. There was a picture of the Queen and of Churchill. ‘I don't understand why it's so special?' I said. He pointed to the serial number. ‘Look! Churchill's birthdate is the same as the serial number. Collecting banknotes was my hobby when I was your age! Anyway, I thought you'd like to keep it, ' he said, smiling. I put the banknote into my backpack and forgot about it. Many months later Dad said, ‘Tom, they're buying and selling five-pound notes with special serial numbers online. Do you want to sell yours?’ Oh no! I thought. How was I going to tell him I didn't have it any more? And that I spent it on a second-hand video game. I knew I had to tell him, so I took a deep breath and told him very quickly. ‘Don't worry, we can find it! ' he said calmly. ‘What?’ I asked. He explained that nowadays with special software we could probably find its location. ‘How?' I asked. He explained that he wrote the question: Where's Wanda? on the banknote and anyone who knew the website might log in and write the serial number on it. This meant we could locate it. ‘Great! Let's try to find it! ' I said. After opening the site, I typed in our address and the serial number. Immediately little flags of banknotes appeared all over a map of the UK. There was also a flag in Paris, France. ‘What next, Dad?' I asked excitedly. ‘We'll read the comments people posted and then we can follow its journey, ' he said. We discovered that after spending a few days in the second-hand game shop it appeared a few miles from here. Then the note disappeared for a couple of weeks and showed up in Paris. Now it was back in London and just a few miles from here. ‘That's awesome, Dad! ’ I said. ‘Yes, just imagine how far a banknote travels in its lifetime! ’ he replied. I felt bad. I had to get the banknote back. I looked again at the name of the new owner. Could this be the same Mr Evans at our local shop? I decided to find out the next day. ‘Hello, Mr Evans. Do you have a five-pound banknote on the Where's Wanda site?’‘Yes, why?’ he asked. ‘It's kind of special to me, ' I replied. ‘If it's so special, why did you spend it?’ he asked. I explained what happened. ‘OK, but what can you give me for it?’ he asked. I offered my new video game. ‘But I can get more money for it if I sell it online, ' he said. ‘How about doing a paper round for me all this month and I'll give it to you?’ Done! ' I said. A month later, when I got the banknote I ran home and told my dad. He was very happy. And I was too. Five years later I still have the same banknote. I don't think I'll ever spend or sell it because it was the first in my very big collection of special banknotes.

Pupil's Book, Unit 3 page 36 2 Listen and read the text. Check your answer to Activity 1. We use money every day but long ago people didn't have any money and so they 'bartered'. This is when you exchange something you have for something you need from another person. The items had to have a similar value. You would not exchange your telephone for a pencil, would you?! To solve this problem, people in China started using shells to buy things instead of bartering. Meanwhile, in the west people started to use something that was strong and wouldn't break easily. They decided to use gold, but gold was heavy and difficult to carry. In 200 AD, coins were made. Coins were small and they were weighed and stamped so everybody knew how much they were worth. Carrying all that gold around was worrying, so people left it with a goldsmith who kept it safe. The goldsmith gave the owner a receipt for the gold and these receipts were the first banknotes. Money continued to change. In the 1950s credit cards were invented. This meant we didn't need to carry coins or notes to pay. Now, lots of people don't carry cash at all and they pay with their cards or even their phone! Most of the money in the world today is invisible. Who knows what will happen in the future?